Klinsmann set to rest key players for Sporting clash

BAYERN MUNICH coach Jurgen Klinsmann has promised to take tonight’s Champions League tie with Sporting Lisbon seriously, even though he intends to rest several key players after establishing a comfortable lead in the first leg.

Bayern beat the Portuguese side 5-0 away from home and should complete the job at the Allianz Arena although Klinsmann expects the opposition to be in better shape than a fortnight ago.

“They are a really good team,” he said. “They will want to show that what happened in Lisbon was just a one-off. They will give it all they have.” Nevertheless, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is sure his club are certain of being in the last eight.